The Origin of Ideas by Turner Mark

Author:Turner, Mark
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2014-03-24T16:00:00+00:00

FIGURE 10 Representation Relation

FIGURE 11 Compressing a Representation Relation to a Unique Element in the Blend

Most blends of this sort, but not all, have connections not only of representation but also of analogy between the representation and the element represented. That is, the visual image that is the representation of Mary is visually and topologically analogous to Mary herself: There are two images of eyes in the representation and two eyes in Mary’s head; the two images of eyes in the representation are above the image of the nose in the representation just as Mary’s actual two eyes are above Mary’s actual nose; and so on (figure 12).

In addition to the one idea of the representation and the other idea of what is represented, there is yet a third idea that can be brought into this common “compression of representation” blending web. This third idea is the idea of a portal through which one can see. The blending works in the following fashion. A window, or a gap in the curtains or in a fence, or a portal of any sort gives us a view. When we catch only a punctual view through a portal, we get a framed glimpse. Many mental webs contain a relation between a framed representation and a framed glimpse. For example, a photograph of a person and a framed glimpse of the same person are strongly analogous not only in the content of what is viewed but also in the fact that there is a viewer of that content. It seems to be common to blend the photograph of a person with a framed glimpse of the person, so that, in the blend, the entire photograph becomes a framed glimpse of the part of the visual field the photograph represents, including the person. We often say not only that the photograph gives us a “glimpse” but also that a true visual glimpse is a “snapshot.” This blend of representation and framed glimpse is especially irresistible in the case of cameras that allow us to look through the lens just before we snap the picture. The connections between the photograph of John and the glimpse of John are then thorough.

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